Like its South Tampa counterpart, this sushi and billiard bar has both sit-down dinners and game space. This location is more laid back with a nice area for sitting in the back. There's an area for billiards and darts and even a Wii room.

Tampa :
5016 E Busch Blvd. # 113, Tampa, 33617

This large sports bar and grill layout features the familiar wood, old booths and a bar half the size of the place that's surrounded by games. They have good beer and food specials on a menu that features every fattening food you can think of. One last note: Fun karaoke.

There is feisty energy and rock 'n' roll all around you: the memorabilia and personal touches are everywhere. Beatles pictures, Howling Wolf and Janis Joplin concert posters are everywhere, and a wall dedicated to boxing champions. Full liquor bar and clean taps; Bollocks, Guinness, Boddington's …

The beauty of a dive is there is always more than meets the eye. One glance at Green Parrot might have newbies shying away - there's graffiti scrawled in old varnish on the bar, torn vinyl bar stools, billiard-chalk-dusted wood paneling and beer lamps, and the pervasive smell of fryer grease. We …

Eightball and tekka maki are a combo made in yuppie heaven. A poolroom sushi hall, The Rack opened to an enthusiastic audience in 2002 at the site of the Blue Gardenia restaurant. No one's bringing their own spiffy Schon or Predator cues, but there's decent play at most of the tables in the fun, …

Tampa :
3001 University Center Drive, Tampa, 33612

An outdoor party deck, Parrot's Cove helps North Tampa residents and USF students get a beach vibe without leaving the concrete strip of Fowler Avenue. Yuengling rules the tap here, thanks to the plant just a keg roll away. Buds are also on tap, while house specials like the Parrot in a Blender …

Either Stroker's bar is a more than worthy destination to rack 'em up. Leagues meet here. Pros play here. With some 40 tables between the Tampa and Palm Harbor locations, this is no place to try to hustle the regulars, if you know what we mean. Not into pool? Try darts, shuffleboard, foosball an …

Clearwater :
420 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, 33759

A little plusher than old school halls but often as smoky, Park Place features a pleasant gentlemen's club-meets-tavern look with a multilevel floor plan. There are 15 tables. One of a few family-friendly halls around, Park Place accommodates players all ages till 10 p.m. After, it's 18 and up.

It's an awesomely funky British pub on Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach. A red English telephone booth marks the spot. Walk inside the cozy wooden confines and you're immediately transported away from the tacky condo and tourist trap scene â€” and the merciless heat. The Red Lion Pub has jus …

Down, way down, on Bayshore sits this neighborhood hole, located where the houses stop looking ridiculously expensive and start looking like working class homes. One of the friendliest bars in South, South Tampa. TDY is the exact picture in the dictionary under local bar: one pool table, one Gol …